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My left eye hurts when I focus on something that is close to my eye?

I have had a lot of surgeries on my left eye. I have two sceleral buckles, vitrectomy, cataract lens replacement and many laser treatments for a detached retina. I have had this problem with the pain when I focus on something that is close to my eye for a while but it seems to be getting worse. I can not pinpoint when it started so I am unsure what caused it. If I focus with each eye individually there is no pain but if I focus with both eyes I have the pain in the left eye. Any help would be appreciated.

When you focus with both eyes open, you must not only FOCUS the eyes correctly but you must also CONVERGE the two eyes so that they both point to exactly the same near point. This requires not only focusing of the internal muscles of the eye but also you must stimulate the medial rectus external ocular muscle of both eyes so that they will turn inward. I wonder if the contraction of the left medial rectus is causing pain at the insertion point on the left eye. If you have inflammation or scarring in or around this insertion point then that could be possible.

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